© Tuoi TreThousands of residents rushed out from their houses when the 4.6 degree quake hit Bac Tra My District in Quang Nam Province last night
An earthquake, the strongest since 1957, occurred last night in Quang Nam Province's Bac Tra My District, where the Song Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant is located, panicking thousands of local residents.
A series of tremors measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale broke out in the district at 9:42 pm Monday and lasted for about three seconds, said Le Van Tuan, chief of the district People's Committee's Secretariat.
Thousands of locals rushed out of their houses in panic
after they heard loud blasts and felt the ground shaking, houses' walls cracking, and things inside the houses falling, Tuan said.
"Many items on a table in my house fell down to the floor and my children cried and screamed when hearing explosions that sounded like the sounds of bombings," he said.
Comment: This earthquake, or whatever it was, does not show up on USGS. The recent quakes
may be reservoir induced. There was a similar
earthquake September 4th, 2012, that also wasn't registered on USGS. Of course, this in itself isn't proof that there wasn't an earthquake - nor can it be ruled out that some type of 'overhead activity' could have caused the loud explosions.
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